Clothesline attachment



Nov, 19, 1935. H. HARDERS- CLOTHESLINE ATTACHMENT Filed June '7', i955 Patented Nov. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to clothes lines and more especially to a clothes line attachment for projecting a portion of the line within the room.

The main object of the invention is to provide a safety attachment for bringing a part of the line within the room through the window so the operator can hang up the laundry without leaning out of the window.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is adapted in one position of adjustment to extend within the window for the convenience of applying clothes to or removing clothes from a clothes line, and in another position of adjustment to occupy a position on the outside of a window frame and on one side of the window opening so as not to obstruct the window in any manner when the device is not being manipulated within the window.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the drawing forming a part of this specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. In the drawing Figure 1 is a view of the device shown attached to a window frame but extending fully outwardly.

Figure 2 is a similar view as Figure 1 but showing a portion of the device projecting within the 0 room.

Figure 3 is a topview of the device shown extending outwardly as in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 2 and 35 Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, numeral l designates a bracket attached in a stationary position to the window frame 2 comprising a flat plate 3 bent at an angle at the point 4 and a brace 5 to support the outward end of the plate. A set of four flanged rollers 6 is provided in the bent portion of the plate for supporting a slidable bar. 1. Both ends of the bar are bent in the shape of a U as at 8 and 9 and 45 journalled therein are pulleys l0 and H. Ex-

tending downwardly at right angles to the bar at its outward endis a U-shaped element l2 supporting another pulley l3.

Extending in the longitudinal center of the 50 bar I is a flange [4. Its inner end is bent downwardly as at l5 forming a handle member for manipulating the device.

In operation the wash line I6 is wrapped over the pulleys 9, l0 and I3 and over the usual pulley attached to the pole (not shown). Now when it is desired to remove the dried wash or hang up new wash the device is moved inwardly as shown in Figure 2 through the window into the room I! by pulling on the handle member I 5. In this po- 5 sition a portion of the line will be in the room so it will be possible to hang up the clothes while standing wholly within the room. As shown in Figure 3 the device is mounted on the bracket at'an obtuse angle to the plane of the window 10 opening and some distance beyond the window. The purpose of this arrangement is to provide clearance for window screens, storm'windows or window shutters. As best seen in Figure 5 the line passes through a slotted hole ill in the hanl5 dle member [5. The handle member is used to move the device and besides acts as a safety guard when hanging the clothes in preventing the fingers of the operator from being caught between the pulley II and the line. 20

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple and efficient safety device for hanging clothes on a line without any danger to the operator. The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials of strong and durable 25 nature, and the relative sizes and proportions as well as the general design of the parts may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter claimed.

Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a device of the class described, a flat bar having its ends reversely bent, a pulley journalled between the bar and each of said reversely bent ends, and a flange extending longitudinally along the central axis of said bar and perpendicular thereto, one end of said flanges terminating near one of the pulleys and the opposite end terminating adjacent the other pulley and bent downwardly forming a handle member.

2. In a device of the class described, a bracket attachable to a window frame, said window frame including the usual stile, the inner portion of said bracket being in the same plane as the said stile, the outward portion of said bracket being bent at an obtuse angle with respect to the inner portion and said stile, a bar slidably fastened to said bent portion of the bracket and arranged to slide through said window opening, and a brace to support the outward end of said bracket.

HANS HARDERS. 

